Milestones: Oct. 7, 1985

ARRESTED. Anne McGill Burford, 43, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, who resigned in 1983 under charges of withholding documents from Congress, and Husband Robert Burford, 62, Bureau of Land Management director; she for public drunkenness and he for driving while intoxicated; in Arlington, Va. After Robert was detained, police say, Anne demanded to see him, became abusive, was arrested and put in jail, where she scratched a female deputy. Said the sheriff: "Drunk-in-public charges are not very common. You almost have to ask to be arrested."

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